Who wouldn’t like to have 3 or 4 more hours in the day? Who wouldn’t like to have their full to-do list done in a day! Like so many others, I also dreamed of a time when I would feel the great satisfaction of crossing all my to-dos off my list. This however didn’t happen often, and the few times it did, it was a bittersweet victory, in order to have victory at work, usually my personal life would suffer. Wouldn’t an extra hours in the day work to accomplish the miracle?

“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.” ~ Walter Raleigh
“You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter.” ― Miyamoto Musashi

Frequently people who are interested in Kanban feel a bit overwhelmed by the information available. For them we have created this Quick Guide than can be read in five minutes and put to work almost immediately.

2013 has been a remarkable year for AgileLion Institute, we launched on 17th of May with the firm belief that Agile Kanban was a great alternative to Scrum, XP or any other Agile method. Why? Because of it’s power and simplicity.

The Problem with Planning & Estimation

In the 1950’s Cyril N. Parkinson noticed a curious trend in projects assigned to the British bureaucracy: working hours would always expand to fill the time available for it’s completion. Today his conclusion is known as Parkinson’s Law. A funny, but quite truthful observation that seems to extend to all walks of life, the more time we assign to planning, or to do anything, the more time we need!

Few yearly events inspire me to write more than National Novel Writing Month or Nanowrimo. A global event that motivates writers everywhere to defy the odds and write 50,000 words to deliver a novel in a month.

On this presentation AgileLion Institute, and myself introduce you to Open Kanban. The Agile and Lean Method that enables any Software Development team, IT organization or business to improve their productivity and performance.